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Periodic anomalies: diagonal relationships, lanthanide contraction, and the inert-pair effect The four core trends — atomic radius, ionization energy, electronegativity, metallic character — and the ionization-energy dips at Be→B and N→O ex
Lewis acids and bases: the electron-pair framework The Brønsted-Lowry theory defines acids and bases by proton transfer, but many important reactions involve no proton at all. The Lewis theory reframes acid-base chemistry in terms of electr
AA brand new substance made from heating thingsBTwo or more things stirred together without becoming something newCOnly something you can see throughDA liquid only
What distinguishes CuAAC from the uncatalyzed thermal Huisgen azide–alkyne cycloaddition?
ACuAAC requires UV light to proceed; the Huisgen reaction does notBCuAAC is fast and highly regioselective for the 1,4-triazole; the uncatalyzed reaction is slow and gives a roughly 1:1 mixture of 1,4- and 1,5-regioisomersCCuAAC forms a six-membered ring, while the Huisgen reaction forms a five-membered ringDCuAAC only works with internal (disubstituted) alkynes, never terminal ones
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Chemistry · L5 · Click Chemistry and Bioorthogonal Labeling
What equation connects the standard free energy change ΔG° to the equilibrium constant K?1 / 6
— where R = 8.314 J mol⁻¹ K⁻¹ and T is in kelvin. This is the bridge between thermodynamics (ΔG°, a single measured or calculated number) and equilibrium (K, the ratio of product to reactant activities at equilibrium).
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Chemistry · L4 · Gibbs Free Energy — ΔG° and the Equilibrium Constant K
Why does conventional free-radical polymerization produce a broad molecular-weight distribution (high dispersity, PDI)?1 / 10
Initiator molecules decompose randomly throughout the reaction, so individual chains initiate at staggered times — some start growing early, some start late. Propagating radicals also terminate irreversibly and at random (by coupling or disproportionation) whenever two radical chain ends happen to collide. Because both initiation and termination are random events spread across the whole reaction time, chains end up wildly different lengths, giving a broad, high-PDI molecular-weight distribution.
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Chemistry · L5 · Controlled and Living Polymerization
Watching pH climb In a titration you add a solution of known concentration (the titrant, here a strong base) drop by drop from a burette into a flask holding a fixed volume of the unknown acid. Plotting the flask's pH against the volume of
What causes the small M+1 peak in a mass spectrum, and roughly how big is it?1 / 12
The M+1 peak arises mainly from the natural abundance of heavier isotopes, dominated by ¹³C (~1.1% of all carbon atoms, versus ~98.9% ¹²C). Each carbon in the molecule contributes about 1.1% to the M+1 peak's height relative to M, so for a compound with N carbon atoms, the M+1 height ≈ N × 1.1% of the M peak height.
Which of these best describes what entropy measures?
AThe total mass of a systemBHow spread out or disordered energy and matter areCThe temperature of a system in degrees CelsiusDThe exact amount of heat a reaction releases